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Contract Lifecycle Management Solutions from CLM Matrix

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 18:55:36 GMT

CLM Matrix... Is Your Contract Process People Ready? Standardize, Streamline and Automate your contract lifecycle management processes using software that connects, informs and empowers your employees to solve problems before they happen while providing the time to invent entirely new ways to create value. All built on the Microsoft Platform - which means minimal technical or user training. Build | Manage | Monitor Matrix-Enterprise is the most robust contract lifecycle management solution based on the Microsoft Office Platform. This is a clause driven, fully scalable tool for organizations who need to move into a policy management driven arena. Matrix-Enterprise uses a Smart-Contract document assembly engine to automatically create, assemble, load to the...

Contract Lifecycle Management Workshops

Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:54:06 GMT

A Perfect Way to Jump-Start Your CLM Project CLM Matrix's depth of experience in helping organizations define and apply contract lifecycle management best practices to their contracting processes has allowed us to distill the process of understanding a customer's business and process down to more science than art. By applying our experience to your contract process we can quickly identify opportunities to apply best practices while eliminating the inefficiencies that may be present. Most organizations with whom we work intuitively know they need help but are unsure where to start. Below you will find programs developed to provide our clients a low cost way to jump start the contract process improvement process. CLM Productivity Workshop A CLM Productivity Workshop is a 2 - 3 day on-site exercise to define and understand a customer's business process while discovering...

Management Team

Sat, 13 Aug 2011 19:08:47 GMT

Tim Sparks, Chief Executive Officer Tim Sparks brings over 25 years of experience in sales, marketing, product management, consulting and executive management while working at and with startup companies and large multinational companies in the technology, oil and gas, trading and consulting fields. Prior to co-founding CLM Matrix, Tim was the president of 4111 Group, a firm specializing in business execution and strategy where he was responsible for client acquisition and partner strategy engagements with Fortune 1000 organizations. Previously, Mr. Sparks worked for 16 years at Koch Industries, the largest privately held company in the U.S., with over $110 billion in revenues. Tim served in a variety of leadership roles including: Worldwide Director of Human Resources; Managing Director of Koch's internal business execution consulting practice, the Market-based Management Capability; and General Manager of the Industrial Asphalt Division. Mr. Sparks serves on the Board...

Contract Management System Implementation

Tue, 26 Jul 2011 22:12:12 GMT

Implementation Partners who help you Standardize and Streamline your CLM Process. CLM Matrix works with a number of systems integrators and technology partners who are certified and knowledgeable in configuring and deploying our Matrix Software products. These partners are vital to ensuring successful software implementation projects that transform the way you manage your contracts. Many of our partners are also Microsoft Gold Certified partners and national systems integrators who can more effectively leverage their professional service capabilities in developing and deploying the entire Microsoft solution portfolio. The following partners work closely with CLM Matrix' professional services team to implement the Matrix system globally: Logica plc Logica is a business and technology service company, employing 41,000 people. It provides business consulting, systems integration and outsourcing to...

Contract Management Implementation and Technology Partners

Tue, 26 Jul 2011 17:34:46 GMT

Building Value Through World Class Partnerships Businesses want to buy and implement specialized solutions that address their unique business problems. CLM Matrix actively develops strategic partner relationships with other leading firms who help expand the value that our solution creates for our customers. We understand that best-in-class solutions and the ability to implement them on-time and on-budget are what create outstanding value for our customers. CLM Matrix and its partners bring to each project the technology, contract process consulting and solution implementation expertise to deliver rapid deployments and fast ROI's. The following technology partners work closely with CLM Matrix to enhance and develop features and functionality for the Matrix system: MICROSOFT CORPORATION Founded in 1975, Microsoft is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses...

Healthcare Contract Management Software - Achieve Greater Operational Efficiency

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 20:58:42 GMT

Provide the Best Patient Care, Reduce Operating Costs, and Mitigate Risk CLM Matrix works with some of the leading healthcare companies to provide the best patient care, reduce operating costs, and mitigate risk to the organization. Improving the process of negotiating and managing contractual obligations with various suppliers, physician groups and support organizations can significantly impact a large hospital's operating performance and enhance its competitive market position. As is true in most industries, the key to profitability in the healthcare industry is achieving operational efficiency. The majority of today's public and private hospitals have never defined end-to-end processes for their major contractual relationships that significantly influence operating margins. Most organizations lack visibility into the specific rights and obligations of their buy- and sell-side agreements and go through labor-intensive efforts to search both...

Contract Management Solutions for Pharmaceuticals

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 20:54:06 GMT

Many of today's leading Pharmaceutical companies are challenged to achieve greater operational efficiency, lower operating costs, and expediently bring new products to market. These objectives enable the primary goal to develop and distribute medical drugs that cure both known illness and yet to be diagnosed diseases. Bringing new products to market is central to a large pharmaceutical company's bottom line profitability and long term success. CLM Matrix provides contract lifecycle management software solutions that help achieve these objectives by standardizing, streamlining and automating the contract initiation, creation, negotiation and execution processes. Our solution accelerates time to market by eliminating process inefficiency and creating standards for collaborative document creation, retention and management throughout the IND process. Pharmaceutical Benefits Pharmaceutical companies who have...

Matrix-Online Contract Lifecycle Management

Thu, 09 Jun 2011 16:12:34 GMT

Enter, Find and set Reminders for Standard Agreements. Matrix-Online is CLM Matrix's contract lifecycle management solution to provide small to medium-sized businesses with a robust repository for managing their existing contracts. The solution comes pre-configured with a standard workflow and a comprehensive list of metadata that allows companies to enter key data from their executed contracts into the central repository. Once this data is entered, users can leverage the dynamic, real-time reporting features to search and query the database to find active agreements. No longer will you have to scan various shared drives or search through filing cabinets to determine what your rights and obligations are with your customers and suppliers. Because this is a hosted solution, access to Microsoft SharePoint and SQL Server come with the purchase price. CLM Matrix works with several leading hosting companies to provide scalable and secure...

Contract Lifecyle Management using SharePoint Server 2010

Tue, 24 May 2011 17:26:12 GMT

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Contract Management Software - Matrix-Fast Track

Thu, 19 May 2011 17:47:44 GMT

Enter, Manage and Monitor Negotiated Agreements. Matrix-Fast Track is a fully scalable, enterprise class, solution that provides outstanding contract management functionality. It differs from the Matrix-Enterprise solution in that it does not include the SmartContract document creation capability. This solution is for those organizations that manage contracts that are either authored outside of the Matrix Software solution or they are mostly managing contracts on third party paper. Matrix-Fast Track does include the SmartInterview and SmartPolicy modules but does not include the SmartDocument modules. Why do we call our solution smart? Integral to the Matrix-Fast Track architecture is a core rules engine that makes decisions on how to navigate through a business process and how to construct the necessary contract, given its described characteristics. Companies have long needed a way to guarantee each legal agreement is complete, includes no...

Contract Lifecycle Management Resource Center

Thu, 19 May 2011 17:31:48 GMT

CLM Matrix offers information and content about our industry and things we're doing in the market. We invite you to browse our Events Calendar, review published articles, and reference our case studies that showcase customers who solved critical business problems using our Matrix Software.

We host a regular series of web seminars to discuss topics relevant to Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM), Collaboration, Enterprise Content Management (ECM), and many others. We invite you to participate in these seminars to gain a fresh perspective or deepen your knowledge of our industry.

The series of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) provides topical information regarding CLM and what makes our approach unique and differentiated.

To learn more about CLM Matrix or to request additional information , please contact us.

Contract Lifecycle Management Services

Thu, 19 May 2011 17:29:39 GMT

Catering to Your Unique Contracting Needs

Each organization with whom we work has its own unique processes and workflow, contract types, policies and procedures and best practices. To meet their individual needs, CLM Matrix offers a wide array of services to assist customers in first defining their processes so that they may begin to standardize, streamline and automate their contract processes. Our services compliment our Matrix Software solutions to help transform a company's contract management process and achieve greater operational efficiency.

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ROI Calculator: Compelling Returns from Matrix Software Solutions

Wed, 11 May 2011 18:56:42 GMT

Calculating Return On Investment CLM Matrix offers calculators for both buy-side and sell-side scenarios. Each Return on Investment (ROI) calculator offers the flexibility for you to enter assumptions that reflect your organization's current situation to more closely estimate returns that your organization may experience implementing our Matrix Software solutions. Should you wish to discuss your organization's specific buy-side or sell-side situation, please send an email to info@clmmatrix.com or call us at 800-961-6534. Buy-Side ROI Calculator Using assumptions you select for your organization, the CLM Matrix ROI calculator for buy-side agreements provides an estimated return you might expect to earn upon implementing Matrix Enterprise contract management software to manage your buy-side contracts. The calculator takes a conservative approach and is based upon the experience of organizations like yours and industry research findings....

Microsoft SharePoint 2010 and Office 2010

Wed, 11 May 2011 17:14:46 GMT

Microsoft SharePoint 2010 gives you a complete business collaboration platform for the enterprise and the web. SharePoint enables your people to interact with each other, and with content and information to drive productivity. Here's what you'll get with SharePoint 2010: Let your people connect in ways that work best, whether that's PC, browser, or phone. Lower your total cost of ownership (TCO) via features that can be deployed on premises or as hosted services. Design and create solutions that let you leverage your existing enterprise data, tools, and processes while supporting innovation. As a business collaboration platform, SharePoint 2010 allows you to connect and empower people through formal and informal business communities, within the enterprise and beyond, and to manage content throughout the information lifecycle. Whether deployed on-premises or as hosted services, SharePoint's integrated capabilities are enhanced by search...

Matrix-Enterprise Contract Management

Wed, 11 May 2011 15:20:35 GMT

Build, Manage and Monitor Complex Non-standard Agreements. Matrix-Enterprise contract management software is a fully scalable enterprise class solution that provides complete lifecycle capabilities including rules-based contract initiation and authoring, front and back-end system integration, repository and full document management capabilities. The product uses a Smart-Contract document assembly engine to automatically create, assemble, load to the repository and launch a workflow built on the Smart-Policy rules engine designed to your company's business rules and policies. This provides the transparency for contract analysis and discovery that maximizes financial and operational performance while minimizing contract portfolio risk. Matrix-Enterprise implements a sophisticated Expert System by allowing business rules to be dynamically added to the knowledge base. In addition, the product adds further innovation by allowing the data on which the rules...

How Do Matrix Software Solutions Work?

Tue, 10 May 2011 17:17:37 GMT

Standardize. Streamline. Automate. There are four key components that drive a successful Matrix Software implementation: (1) Your Work Elements: CLM Matrix Software takes the individual components that are used to create contractual relationships and integrates them. The individual components include your people, processes, policies, and data elements. We work with you to define what's most important in each of these and how they add value throughout the contracting process. (2) Your Process Workflow: All business process flows are somewhat unique. CLM Matrix provides standard workflow phases and execution steps that you can use to model your unique contract management process. The process workflow serves as the basis for how the system will be configured to achieve greater operational efficiencies. ...

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Wed, 04 May 2011 20:58:24 GMT

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Contract Lifecycle Management perspective for Business Executives

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 16:26:23 GMT

In today's complex environment, many companies are challenged to do more with less. Often times, the less implies tightening operating expenses and reducing overhead, including headcount. CLM Matrix believes that companies can do MORE by spending LESS time plodding through inefficient processes and struggling to understand how their business is performing against contractual rights and obligations. There are four key benefit areas that our Matrix Software contract management solutions can help your organization achieve: Standardization: Address the need for contract process and structure standardization while lowering administrative and legal costs associated with establishing and managing strategic relationships. Speed: Collapse contract creation and negotiation cycle times by up to 50% or more and reduce DSO with back-end integration with existing ERP systems. Business Intelligence: Optimize buy or sell side contracts through increased...

CLM Matrix Knows Contracts!!

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 16:02:54 GMT

Innovative Thinking CLM Matrix is the leading provider of solutions that transform the way companies manage contracts, trade agreements and other important documents that contain valuable strategic information. Our Matrix Software solutions significantly reduces risk and costs while increasing revenues and vastly improving productivity. Compelling Solution Forward thinking organizations realize they can no longer afford to rely on templates and e-mail attachments for mission critical procure-to-pay and quote-to-cash contract processes. As the leading innovator in the market, CLM Matrix is changing the way companies look at their contracting processes. Gains in efficiency and effectiveness from Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) implementations are far too compelling for organizations to ignore. ROI's are typically measured in months, not years. Built on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) As the only CLM solution built exclusively on...